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Ep. 10: Finding Elk Through E-Scouting with Mark Livesay Jun 16, 2022

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It seems easy enough, but in order to kill an elk you must first find elk. With today’s technology it is easier to find elk than ever before. Jason sits down with Mark Livesay to discuss the current technology available and locating elk through features that elk tend to prefer. They then discuss how we can identify combinations of these features to exponentially increase our chances of elk being there when we show up to hunt.

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Ep. 9: More On Calling Black Bears with Fred Eichler Jun 02, 2022

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Today's guest may be best known for being the first to take all 29 North American big game animals with a recurve bow and complete the Super Slam, but today we are interested in his knowledge of and experience with calling black bears. We discuss the short attention spans of bears and how long to give a setup, Fred’s go to calls and sequences, some precautions to use while calling in grizzly country, and much more.

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Ep. 8: Calling All Black Bear with Douglas Boze May 19, 2022

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Today's guest is the author of “The ultimate guide to black bear hunting”, “No Bait, Just Bears” and the creator of the ultimate predator calls app, Douglas Boze. Jason and Doug discuss what it takes to call in black bears. They start the conversation talking about the most important factor, finding where the bears are to begin with. They then dive into the calls used, how to setup and when to leave a setup and move to a new location. With spring bear hunting heating up across the west there is information shared here you don’t want to leave for the woods without.

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Ep. 7: Elk Hunting and Turkey Hunting Are Damn Near the Same Thing May 05, 2022

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Out west it's a contentious topic: turkey hunting. Some love it and feel it’s the same as hunting elk during the rut, while others seem to be insulted by the idea. In this episode Dirk Durham and I dive into all of the similarities and a few of the differences. Some of the topics we dive into for our comparison: how to locate them, prescriptive approach, where we can typically find them, how the setups are similar, wallows vs. dusting areas, and cold calling.

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Ep. 6: Shotgunning Turkeys Apr 28, 2022

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Once the trigger is pulled on a turkey shotgun the result should be as quick and humane of a kill as possible. In this episode Jason discusses shotgun shells with Daniel Compton of Federal Ammunition. There are a tons of options and combinations of guns, chokes and ammo out there. They talk about all types of shot including TSS, Bismuth, lead and mixed loads. They dive into the wad and why it is a big contributor to the pattern. They get into patterning and what is acceptable as well as the new shot materials re-vitalizing .410 and 28 gauge as legitimate turkey guns.

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Ep. 5: Understanding the Turkey Nest Apr 21, 2022

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Mike Chamberlain has forgotten more about wild turkeys than many will ever know. Chamberlain leads the University of Georgia’s Wild Turkey Lab. Since writing his dissertation on turkeys and predation, Chamberlain has studied the birds for almost 30 years. What he has learned about turkeys has made him a better hunter, and we are hoping it can help you, too. In this episode Mike and I discuss; toms eventually coming back to where they heard a call, how to use the characteristics of different subspecies to your advantage, the process of nesting and how the flock changes throughout the spring.

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Ep. 4: Why Turkey Habitat Matters with Randy Milligan Apr 07, 2022

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In this episode, I’m chatting about turkey habitat with my good buddy, Randy Milligan. Randy owns a little over 800 acres in Eastern Kansas. He spends most of his free time working on the property figuring out how to maximize the amount of turkeys and the size of bucks there. We talk about what turkeys need to thrive, what they prefer, and how we can use that to our advantage while hunting. We then turn the conversation to some of the issues currently facing wild turkey populations, and what matters in maintaining healthy populations.

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Ep. 3: Calling and Killing Turkeys with Chris Parrish Mar 24, 2022

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In this episode, I’m talking about turkeys with not only one of the best turkey callers of all time, but one of the best turkey hunters of all time: Chris Parrish. We talk about what hunters should look for in picking a spot to setup, all while quickly reading the turkey’s behavior and the situation to determine what your next move should be. Once we figure out where and how to setup, we move into calling. We touch on what Chris’ calling strategy is, whether it is necessary to be a great caller, and if he could only take three turkey sounds to the woods, which ones they would be.

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Ep. 2: Turkey Hunting 101 - Being Aggressive vs. Being Patient Mar 10, 2022

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Jason Phelps sits down with Janis Putelis to go over his turkey hunting philosophy. They talk about the run-n-gun approach, as well as being patient and using decoys. Jason asks Janis to describe the perfect turkey hunt and the best dates to be in the field.

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Ep. 1: Starting Fresh - Where Does Your Turkey Call Come From? Feb 24, 2022

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Jason Phelps kicks off as the new host of Cutting the Distance alongside Steven Rinella to discuss the future of the podcast, as well as Steve’s best tips for turkey hunting. They’ll also talk about the brand-new Line 1 Turkey Pot Calls, what inspired Steve and Jason to make a pot call from scratch, and the process of hand-selecting a tree all the way through to scratching those calls in the turkey woods.

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